Nightlight: A Horror Fiction Podcast

Today, flash fiction from Del Sandeen that cautions us to be careful what you wish for. A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website. Narrated by Hood Horror. Produced by Jen Zink. Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we have a series of flash fiction tales, starting with a story from our host Tonia Ransom that explores funerary rituals. A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website. Narrated by Tonia Ransom. Produced by Davis Walden of the Viridian Wild Podcast. Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom ***** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We interview Khalifaziz, author of Mitochondrial Assimilation. We talk about the story and its inspiration, and Black horror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, an old god emerges from primordial slime. A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website. Narrated by Josh Carter. Produced by Davis Walden of the Viridian Wild Podcast Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, an interview with Lamar Giles, author of "Power and Purpose" (episode 420), and "Wilson's Pawn and Loan" (episode 103). Listen to Lamar’s first NIGHTLIGHT episode, Wilson’s Pawn and Loan. Produced by Jen Zink. Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, a story from New York Times Bestseller Lamar Giles that mixes religion with deadly premonitions. A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website. Listen to Lamar’s first NIGHTLIGHT episode, Wilson’s Pawn and Loan. Narrated by Tonia Ransom. Produced by Jen Zink. Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, short fiction from Crystal Connor that turns the magical negro trope on its head. A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website. Narrated by Tonia Ransom. Produced by Jen Zink. Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, be careful about who you choose to marry. A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website. Narrated by GP Mckenzie. Produced by Jen Zink. Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom ***** All episodes are brought to you by the NIGHTLIGHT Legion. Join us at patreon.com/nightlightpod for as little as $1 per month to help us produce more stories for you to enjoy. ****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We interview Tracy Cross, author of Red Box. We discuss dystopian fiction, The Twilight Zone, hoodoo, and writing good monsters. Tracy Cross has had work appear in anthologies and magazines, including: Tales of the Lost Vol. 2, The Ones That Got Away (upcoming from Kandisha Press in 2021), 99 Tiny Terrors and the Midnight and Indigo: 22 Speculative Stories by Black Women. She has appeared on several websites and podcasts: Dark Fire Fiction, New American Legends, The Greatest Indoor Reading Series Podcast and Tales to Terrify. She is the recipient of the 2020 Ladies of Horror Fiction Grant. She is a supporting member of the Horror Writers Association. Tracy hails from Cleveland, Ohio, and loves her current home, Washington, DC. She also makes a really delicious apple pie. twitter: @tracycwrites instagram: @tracycrosswrites website: tracycrossonline.wordpress.com ***** All episodes are brought to you by the NIGHTLIGHT Legion. Join us on Patreon for as little as $1 per month to help us produce more stories for y

Sorry this is late! I accidentally scheduled it for next week :/ This week, the second part of our cyberpunk horror about a mysterious box and unusual pandemic. A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website. Narrated by Felicia Renee. Produced by Davis Walden of the Viridian Wild Podcast Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the first part of a two-part cyberpunk horror about a mysterious box and unusual pandemic. A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website. Narrated by Felicia Renee. Produced by Davis Walden of the Viridian Wild Podcast Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonia interviews Samantha Frye, author of Playthings. We discuss MFA programs, genre writing, story inspiration in cartoons, and Southern Black culture. Samantha Frye is a writer who grew up in south Alabama listening to classic R&B and stories about hanks and other-worldly creatures. Born in San Antonio, Texas, she moved to Alabama with her parents after her father’s retirement from the Air Force. Samantha graduated from Xavier University of New Orleans with an English degree and earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University. By day, she continues a tradition as a third-generation educator at Coastal Alabama Community College where she strives to foster students’ care of and respect for the art of writing. By night, she’s baking, reading, or working to breathe life into characters and worlds on the page. She’s in a constant struggle to properly entertain her Morkie, Pebbles, who can be a task master at times, even for a lap dog. Some of Samantha’s musings and a bit of her writing c

Show Notes: This week, a double feature from Rickey Rivers Jr and Samantha Frye wherein body parts have a mind of their own and a twist on monsters hiding in a child’s closet. A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website. Narrated by Cherrae Stuart and Walt Livingston. Produced by Davis Walden of the Viridian Wild Podcast Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom ***** All episodes are brought to you by the NIGHTLIGHT Legion. Join us on Patreon for as little as $1 per month to help us produce more stories for you to enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we interview Victoria Hutchinson, author of "Bloodlust" and discuss the story's premise and inspiration, writing dark vs lighthearted fiction, and discipline as a writer. Plus, video games! You can follow Victoria on Twitter @bunnymintt, or visit her at bunnyminttblog.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show Notes: This week, short fiction from Victoria Hutchinson that explores what it’s like to seek out pain you cannot feel. A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website. Narrated by Tonia Ransom. Produced by Davis Walden of the Viridian Wild Podcast Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom ***** All episodes are brought to you by the NIGHTLIGHT Legion. Join us on Patreon for as little as $1 per month to help us produce more stories for you to enjoy. ****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We interview L. Marie Wood, author of Family Dinner. We discuss pantsing vs plotting, screenwriting, and more. L. Marie Wood is an award-winning psychological horror author and screenwriter. She won the Golden Stake Award for her novel The Promise Keeper. Her screenplays have won Best Horror, Best Short Screenplay, and Best Afrofuturism/Horror/Sci-Fi awards at several film festivals. Wood’s short fiction has been published widely, most recently in Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire and the Bram Stoker Award Finalist anthology, Sycorax's Daughters. Learn more about her at www.lmariewood.com or join the discussion on Twitter (@LMarieWood1). Buy her books: Telecommuting The Realm The Promise Keeper ***** All episodes are brought to you by the NIGHTLIGHT Legion. Join us on Patreon for as little as $1 per month to help us produce more stories for you to enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show Notes: This week, another double feature with two flash fiction stories from L. Marie Wood and Tyhitia Green.. A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website. Narrated by Elijah Ramsey and Tonia Ransom. Produced by Davis Walden of the Viridian Wild Podcast Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom ***** All episodes are brought to you by the NIGHTLIGHT Legion. Join us on Patreon for as little as $1 per month to help us produce more stories for you to enjoy. ****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We interview Michele Tracy Berger, author of “Etta, Zora, and the First Serpent”. Twitter: @micheletberger  Blog: micheleberger.wordpress.com  Author Site: micheletracyberger.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, a story from the Harlem Renaissance featuring none other than Zora Neale Hurston. A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website. Narrated by Cherrae Stuart. Produced by Davis Walden of the Viridian Wild Podcast Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We interview Errick Nunnally, author of “You Call This An Apocalypse?” and Nicole Givens Kurtz, author of “Siren’s Song”. Errick Nunnally was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and served one tour in the Marine Corps before deciding art school was a safer pursuit. He enjoys art, comics, and genre novels. A graphic designer, he has trained in Krav Maga and Muay Thai kickboxing. He has appeared in several anthologies and is best described as “dark pulp.” His work can be found in FIYAH MAGAZINE, GALAXY’S EDGE, LAMPLIGHT, THE FINAL SUMMONS, PROTECTORS 2, NIGHTLIGHT PODCAST, and the novels, LIGHTNING WEARS A RED CAPE, BLOOD FOR THE SUN, and ALL THE DEAD MEN. Visit erricknunnally.us to learn more about his work. Interested readers can purchase a copy of Lightning Wears A Red Cape directly from the author. bookshop.org/shop/erricknunnally amazon.com/author/erricknunnally erricknunnally.us @erricknunnally Nicole Givens Kurtz is an author, editor, and educator. She's the recipient of the Horror Writers Associat